"Hmph, this is all your fault. If you didn't all choose to buy the Daqian Group's solution, you wouldn't be restricted to this extent!" The representative of the Morgan Financial Group snorted coldly. The European automobile representatives were furious. They pointed at the Morgan Financial Group representative and said, "We are in this situation because of you guys. If you didn't force us to cooperate with you to ban the Daqian, we would still be cooperating with the Daqian Group. We wouldn't be in trouble now! "
"That's right. We gave you face because we thought that all the white people in the world are one family. That's why we helped you. In the end, you have such an attitude. I think I should go to Da Qian now and tell him that our country wants to lift the ban!"
There was a sudden quarrel in the conference room. At one point, the cooperation between the two sides was about to explode. Although in the end, Morgan brought out the country behind him and stopped the quarrel temporarily, the cracks between the two sides had already been buried.
In fact, it wasn't just the automobile manufacturers. Most of the companies in the banned countries were facing the same situation. The Daqian Group didn't only manufacture cars. The Daqian Group was involved in almost all manufacturing industries. All of a sudden, the companies in these countries were facing the danger of being cut off.
In just over ten days, there were already a few companies that couldn't take it anymore and directly closed down.
Although the remaining companies could resist the ban, when they thought of the huge amount of money and wealth they had lost, the voices of people wanting to restore the relationship with the Daqian Group began to surge crazily.
Rector Morgan managed to suppress this undercurrent with great difficulty, but immediately, a new piece of bad news was delivered to him.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Intel and become a member of Intel!" In a large high-tech dust-free workshop in California, the workshop director was lecturing the newcomers. These were all new workers who had just joined the Intel factory.
At the beginning of the lecture, he talked about the usual issues, such as the detailed production management system and the rules of the factory. In the end, the workshop director suddenly said, "Take out your HKS2 certificates and let me check them. I will test your Chinese on the spot later!"
"Yes!" These rookies immediately revealed pained expressions, but they still took out their HKS2 certificates.
HKS, the full name of the Chinese Language Proficiency Assessment Certificate, was recognized by the Hua Xia government. It was a worldwide standardized certification test for the Chinese language proficiency, just like the TOEFL and IELTS.
The entire HKS examination was born in 2002, but the speed of development was very fast. Now, more than 100,000 examinees came to take the HKS examination every year. Moreover, the number of examinees was still increasing year by year. It was estimated that it would reach the global level of 300,000 examinees in 2020. It should be noted that the total number of TOEFL examinees in the same period was only about one million.
The reason why HKS's development was so rapid was actually thanks to Da Qian. This was because Da Qian had introduced a policy in 2006 that all foreign employees had to pass the HKS4 exam within two years. If they couldn't pass the exam, they would be suspended from their duties and without pay until they passed the exam.
In addition, other foreigners who wanted to join the Daqian Group needed an HKS certificate to qualify for the written exam. Depending on the position they applied for, HKS4 to HKS8 HKS certificates were required.
This made many foreigners start to consider the HKS examination. Soon, many companies in Hua Xia followed suit and required their foreign employees to obtain an HKS certificate.
In 2010, Hua Xia's foreign trade had reached the historical level of 2020, occupying a pivotal position in the world. This naturally led to an increasing number of HKS examinees.
If you want to work in Hua Xia, it's understandable that you need an HKS certificate, but Intel also needs an HKS certificate, and it's for ordinary workers. This is very strange no matter how you think about it.
But this is the truth. These new employees were actually checked during the interview, but the workshop director still checked all of them for insurance.
But this is not the end. The director took these newcomers to a small room and then gave each of them a pen and a paper. He actually asked them to start the exam on the spot, which made many people confused.
But the director's attitude was still very tough. He said that if the results were not up to standard, he had the right to fire them directly. In desperation, these people could only write the papers obediently.
In the end, these papers were graded on the spot. Three people only got a C, and four people got a B, but they were all directly fired on the spot.
"Don't blame me for being so strict. It's really too dangerous to work in the workshop if you don't understand Chinese!" The workshop director sighed and said.
"Boss, how is it dangerous to work in the workshop if you don't understand Chinese? Can the work in our factory hurt people?" Someone couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I didn't say that your lives are in danger. I said that our equipment is in danger!" The director rolled his eyes and said, "This is Intel's core precision wafer workshop. The workshop is full of lithography machines. Any one of them is worth more than 50 million US dollars. If you break one of them, we will have to pay at least 100,000 US dollars for maintenance. Don't you think it's dangerous?"
"Boss, I still don't understand. What does this have to do with Chinese?" Someone still asked.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I will take you to see the equipment, and you will understand!" With that, the director took these people in front of a lithography machine. With just a glance, many people showed an expression of sudden realization.
This was because the entire machine was written in Chinese. There was not a single word in English, and the biggest words were "Daqian Optoelectronic Group".
"Director, this is the top lithography machine we imported from Hua Xia?" A few workers asked curiously.
"Yes, this is the world's top 7nm lithography machine. Only Intel has it in the world!" The director said proudly.
"Isn't this imported from Hua Xia? Will the Daqian in Hua Xia have it too?" A person complained.
"Ahem, I said immediately. Although the Daqian still has it now, it is being sanctioned by us. I believe it will be finished soon. When that time comes, only Intel will have the 7nm lithography machine in the world!"
"That makes sense!" Everyone nodded. What he said made sense.
"But there is no way to change the built-in operating system in the machine into English … The operating system of these machines is all in Chinese. This is also the reason why I asked you for the HKS certificate. If your Chinese is not good enough, once the machine shows a problem and you can't understand it, it will be over!" The director said helplessly.
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